Barbecue oven



' Sept. 6.1927.

M. S. LARCHE BARBECUE OVEN Filed March a, 1927 gwn foc Patented Sept. 6, 1927 UNITED STATES MARVIN stances, or BOWIE, irnxas.

BARBECUE oven.

Application filed March 3, 1927. Serial Ito. 172,369.

This invention relates to ovens, and has for one of its objects to provide a novel, simple and inexpensive device of this character which shall be especially adapted for use at barbecues and in which the meat may be cooked in a manner to give it the required flavor and to obviate the necessity of basting.

VVit-h the foregoing and other objects in view,"the nature of which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of the barbecue oven,

Figure 2 is a sectional View taken on the vertical planes indlcatedby the line 22 w of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a sectionalview taken on the horizontal plane indicated by the line 33 of Figure 1, and p 7 Figure 4 is a detail sectional view taken on the horizontal plane indicated by the line A4: of Figure 2.

The barbecue oven comprises a casing 1 which is of rectangular contour in vertical and horizontal section and is provided centrally between the top and bottom sides thereof with a grid 2. The grid 2 extends from the front to the rear side of the casing 1 and from one lateral side thereof to the other, and consists of rods secured at their ends to the front'and rear sides. That portion of the casing 1 located below the grid 2 constitutes a fire compartment and that portion above the grid constitutes a cooking compartment. The front side of the casing 1 is provided with an opening 3 to permit of access to the fire compartment 4 and with openings 5 to permit of access to the cooking compartment 6. A door 7 for the opening 3 and doors 8 for the openings 5 are connected to a single pintle rod 9 which is 10- 10 through the medium of which it" is secured to the top and bottom sides of the casing 1 by means of rivets, bolts or thelike. The door '7 is connected to the pintle rod 9 by knuckles 7 and is supported in-proper position upon the pintle rod by a bracket the cooking compartment 6 upon the grid 2,

cated outwardly beyond and at the vertical 11. The bracket 11 is secured to the front side of the casing 1, and is provided with an aperture through which the pintle rod 9 passes. The doors 8 are secured to the pintle rod '9 by knuckles 8 and one of the doors is supported in proper position upon the pintle rod by bracket 12, the door supported by the bracket 12 supporting the other door in proper position on the pintle rod. The bracket 12 is secured to the front side of the casingl and is provided with an aperture through whichthe pintle rod 9 passes. The doors 7 and 8 are of the solid or imperforate type, and are secured in closed position by catches 13 pivoted thereto and retractably engaged with keepers 1 secured to the front side ofthe casing 1. The rear side of the casing 1 is provided with a smoke outlet through which passes a thimble 15, a pipe 16 being removably 7 secured to the thimble. ,The smoke outlet is located above the grid 2, and provided therefor is a damper 17 which is slidably mounted in horizontally disposed guides 18 secured to the rearside of the casing 1. A rod 19 secured to the damper 17 and passing through one of the lateral sides of the casing 5 1, provides means by which the damper maybe movedinto fully or partly opened or closed position.

In practice, the fuel, which consists preferably of hard wood, is placed in the fire compartment3 and'ignited. After the wood starts to burn freely,the meat is placed in 9c and thereafter the doors 7 and damper 17 are closed to keep all smoke and heat in the oven. As the meat is cooked in the presence of smoke from the hard wood, it will be given the required flavor and basting there- 9:, of is unnecessary. It should be'understood that the drawing is merely illustrative and does not pretend to give exact proportions. Furthermore, the said drawing is illustrative of a preferred in construction, it being my expectation that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

What is claimed is v n; A barbecue oven comprising a casing, a grid arranged within the casing centrally between the top and bottom sides thereof and extending from the front to the rear side and from one lateral side to the other 310 of the casing, the front side of the casing being provided above and below the grid with openings and the rear side oi the casing being provided above the grid with a smoke outlet, :1 vertically arranged Piilillfi rod positioned centrally oi the front side of the aging and. having angular upper and lower ends Seoul-ed to the top and bottom sides of the casing. brackets secured to the front side of the casing and having {\PUI'CUIGS through which the pintle rod posses, doors for seid openings and )IlOUlltQLi. upon the pintle rod and supported thereon by the brackets, and :1 chnnpeifor the smoke outlet.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

MAPVIN S. LARGE-IE. 

